Right Heart Failure in a Cardiac Allograft Following Remote Transvenous Lead Extraction

A heart transplant recipient presented with right heart failure. He had a history of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation and extraction before undergoing heart transplantation 4 years earlier. A large fistula was found between the left subclavian artery and vein. Following successful...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: van Zyl, Martin, Sugrue, Alan M., Asirvatham, Samuel J., Barsness, Gregory W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.025
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Sumario:A heart transplant recipient presented with right heart failure. He had a history of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation and extraction before undergoing heart transplantation 4 years earlier. A large fistula was found between the left subclavian artery and vein. Following successful percutaneous fistula closure, symptoms and right ventricular function improved. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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